Bankers Are Pushing to Receive
A Larger Amount of IPO Fees

That's what bankers increasingly want to see from rival firms before they commit themselves to taking part in an initial public offering.

The long-running debate was rekindled after some bankers charged bookrunner Morgan Stanley Dean Witter with changing the rules on last week's blowout IPO for telecommunications network services group Equant NV after order-taking had ended. According to some...